Fruit Smoothies. April 29, 2007

I am bad when it comes to eating my fruit. I rather drink it a la Smoothie!

I just bought a low-fat smoothie recipe book, and so far the results have been disappointing.  The only good one was with frozen orange juice concentrate – and that has just too much sugar and calories in it for me.

Does any have a great smoothie recipe they could share? Or do you know of a great source (web site) or book? I could search forever online, but I want some tried, true, and tested smoothies that I know I will like before I invest in the fruit and time of making them again!

SUNday, SUNday, SUNday! April 22, 2007

We are having the most glorious weekend here in the Northeast, with temperatures much above normal. What a change a week can make, with temperatures much below normal last weekend. OY!

It is so nice to get out and about and be busy playing with the kids in the yard and such. Today is just a day for yard work. Can you feel the burn yet? All the bending, raking!

Good thing is that I have been doing great on the diet front, eating light, lots of salad, cold veggies, and water! YEAH!

Happy Sunday!

Day Two. April 19, 2007

I did much better today, saying this as I nibble on some trans fat free oyster crackers and bottle of water.

Breakfast – stayed on track, lunch I had a veggie wrap with turkey and lettuce, and a bottle of water. Then just a salad for dinner, and now the crackers. I had only one diet coke today – YEAH!

I also did a lot of walking just out and about and stayed very busy today. Tomorrow will be extremely busy as I am taking the kiddos to Six Flags with my sister. So that will be a lot of walking and fun, but tough passing by the Ice Cream Dots and Funnel Cake stands.

Right now, I am going to use up the rest of the daylight and take a walk – just me and my iPod!

Day One. April 18, 2007

Got up a little late today – it was 9:06. Being Spring Break with the kids sleeping in, I guess I took advantage.I didn’t get to my breakfast until a few minutes ago, a bit after 10:30.

I had a store brand lite English Muffin. If you have them at your local grocery store, give them a try. Mine taste great, with just 90 calories for the entire muffin, 0 Fat – saturated or trans, 0 grams of cholesterol, 5 g of Protein, and 21 g of Total Carbohydrate. A good choice for a bread lover like myself. I am easy to please as well, as I like it just toasted and dry. I enjoyed my muffin with a cup of Green Tea. I have to find the caloric information on that.

After I get around to showering, I plan to take my two littlest out on their bikes, and I will walk with the dog. We will see how long that lasts. I am aiming for at least a mile, but it all depends on how cooperative everyone is. I plan on getting into a major walking routine every morning right after I get the kids off to school.

For food, I should be good until mid-afternoon, when I plan on enjoying a nice green salad. I like that dry to, so I don’t have any calorie worries with that. Except for my carrots – I know they are really a carb, but I just have to have them shredded on top of my garden salad.

I’ll update tonight on how the rest of my day went.

I plan on having a great first day!